Law and Order
- sombre
- measured
Sombre, measured, measured institution / observational, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order, and providing general social services. The incidents shown illustrate how training, community expectations, socio-economic status of the subject, the threat of violence, and discretion affect police behavior.
Our read · Law and Order (1969) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded institution · observational · police entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Law and Order
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The reading.
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